[SOLVED] Gnome Places Menu - Home, Desktop, etc folders open with...

Hello, I somehow managed to get EasyTag to open the links in Gnome's Places menu, but it's driving me insane.
I've tried:
-removing EasyTag, which doesn't fix the problem, and leaves me with the error "Could not open location file:///home/james"
-setting folder properties from within nautilus to open folders with "File Browser", but that does nothing
-looked in gnome-conf in /desktop/gnome/applications/component_viewer
-searched for easytag in gnome-conf
I've look high and low for answers, but none of which seem to help me out.
Gnome 2.22.3
Thanks in advance
-xP
Last edited by xPlozion (2008-07-23 20:24:25)

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